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10/1/2021
At the beginning of August, I took a trip out to the west coast. It was planned since the springtime of this year, and with the hopes that safe travel would be once again achievable and the pandemic would be behind us. As this was not the case, I had severe anxiety leading up to the trip, including seriously considering cancelling my flight the day before I was scheduled to depart. I ended up going anyway, and though I had a nice time out there, I am not planning on traveling anywhere anytime soon.

The trip was for a life celebration. My grandmother moved onto the next big thing early this year, and it was planned to have a family lunch to share memories. Most of our family were able to make it, though I left my kids at home rather than travel with them, as they are not old enough to be vaccinated yet. It was a quick, whirlwind trip, taking place from Saturday morning to Sunday night (very early Monday morning, it turned out). On Sunday, before our flight back, we stopped by the Gambel gardens in Palo Alto, and then had the tremendous luck to be continually delayed on our layover in Las Vegas, before heading back to Albuquerque, double-masked, seated next to a woman wearing a sparkly sequin covered mesh face mask. "But my nose and mouth ARE covered."
woman in airport with federal law face mask sign
southwest airliner with american flag
feet standing at social distancing stickers on floor
portrait of woman at window of hotel room
looking up between two redwood trees
calla lily seed pods
woman poses with arms raised between aloe plants
man looks at computer chip
Silicon Valley art
All day the stars watch from long ago
my mother said I am going now
when you are alone you will be all right
whether or not you know you will know
look at the old house in the dawn rain
all the flowers are forms of water
the sun reminds them through a white cloud
touches the patchwork spread on the hill
the washed colors of the afterlife
that lived there long before you were born
see how thy wake without a question
even though the whole world is burning

W.S. Merwin, from The Shadow of Sirius
marigolds at gambel garden palo alto
iris at gambel garden palo alto
gambel garden palo alto
kangaroo paw at gambel garden palo alto
gambel garden palo alto
gambel garden palo alto
Alstroemeria at gambel garden palo alto
chrysanthemum in gambel garden palo alto
bee on passionflower in gambel garden palo alto
bee on african daisy in gambel garden palo alto
hand with hand illustrations on san jose airport terminal
san jose airport terminal
covid sympotoms sign at san jose airport terminal
emergency exit sign san jose airport terminal
smokey sunset aerial over the sierra nevadas
aerial clouds and smoke over sierra nevada range
southwest plane takes off over las vegas strip at sunset
 las vegas airport moving walkway posing
las vegas airport plane model display western air
welcome to fabulous las vegas airport
gambling machines las vegas airport
turns out it's NOT a suicide booth at las vegas airport sm
plane with slot machine reflections las vegas airport
janitor with cart and people waiting in line near slot machines las vegas airport

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